[Phantom of the Opera] Devil's Beauty

Another clarification!

For a moment, a sentence emerged in everyone's minds: How many people did Audrey pour dirty water on? Why are all the salons here to confront and clarify?

Yes, except for a few fans who are so stupid and loyal that they can't tell right from wrong, not many people present think that Eric has plagiarized.With such a mind that turns decay into magic, it will be a matter of time to become a well-known musician. Why risk your reputation to plagiarize a woman's music?

Hearing Bai Lanzhi's words, Odell suddenly couldn't suppress the raging anger in her heart.

She really couldn't play the game Eric was talking about.She lost, she admitted.After all, he was really talented, and she was really wrong.If you make a mistake, you will make a mistake. How can anyone not make mistakes?Just take it as paying for your own arrogance, and be more cautious in the future, and just don't make the same mistake.But Bai Lanzhi also came up to step on her, and she was not happy.Why is Blanche?

Which of the words she published in the newspaper was wrong?Who did she slander?Isn't Blanche a favorite of women?Are female pets not dirty, filthy, or cheap?Is it right for women in this world to be opportunistic and cling to the powerful?Why did Bai Lanzhi clarify with her, what did she use to clarify with her, how dare she clarify with her?

The more Odell thought about it, the angrier she became, and the back that had collapsed due to guilt and shortness of breath actually stood up again.She stepped forward aggressively, and asked sharply: "Clarification? What can you clarify? Do you think that because you and Eric came together, I misunderstood him and slandered you? You said Say, which sentence in my newspaper is wrong? Are you not a female pet? Isn’t a female pet a filth that depends on a man to survive? Everyone is born as a human being, and they are all independent and equal individuals. You have healthy hands and feet, don’t go Exchange labor for wealth, don't use brains to win respect, and only think about how to survive by others all day long, shouldn't this be cast aside?"

Perhaps because she wanted to save face as soon as possible, her questioning voice was particularly sharp, not as elegant and clear as before.The music fans who wanted to get closer to her regardless of their appearance, ran away now, not wanting to be pierced by the sharp voice.

In Audrey's impression, Bai Lanzhi was still the female pet who was pushed into the water in the garden and was powerless to resist, the ant she could drive out of the Duke's manor with a few words, a speck of dust she didn't need to pay attention to.She never thought that Bai Lanzhi could resist. When she scolded Bai Lanzhi, she was already at the peak of the moral mountain. How could she resist?She couldn't resist at all.

Thinking of this, she looked at Bai Lanzhi with contempt and contempt, and even a bit of viciousness.She lost face because of her misunderstanding of Eric, and urgently needed a chance to restore her reputation. Since Bai Lanzhi took the initiative to stand up, don't blame her for bullying the weak.

Her anger was real, her bitterness was real, and her desire to trample Bai Lanzhi under her feet was also real.She didn't notice how terrible the hostility, resentment, and malice made her eyes, almost chilling.Those foolish and loyal music fans were so frightened that they rubbed their eyes quickly, unable to believe that the elegant and noble goddess in their hearts showed such a vicious expression.And look at Bai Lanzhi, who kept saying that she should be cast aside, she was always calm, clean and beautiful, her eyes were as clear and moving as sapphires.

Whether those words in the newspaper were slander, whether or not Bai Lanzhi should be cast aside, anyone with independent thinking ability had a rough judgment in their hearts at this moment.

Bai Lanzhi waited for Odell to finish her question in one breath, and then calmly took out a folded newspaper, which was the one where Odell published the "Women's Manifesto".

Before that, even if she took a look at this newspaper, let alone taking it out in public, she would be surrounded by suffocating shame.But after returning from Swan Island that day, she was relieved, and she no longer felt ashamed and ashamed of the past.

No one can choose their appearance and origin, and no one can escape the arrangement of fate.She has done her best to live a good life, what is there to be ashamed of?When she was a pet girl in the past, she could still accept her identity calmly, but now that she is no longer a pet pet, she feels ashamed to be a pet pet, and she herself finds it funny.

Bai Lanzhi walked up to Odell.She was so tall that even Odell looked a head shorter than her when she stood on the slope of the show.

"Ms. Odell, I want to ask you a question, can people choose their origin?"

Odell looked at her suspiciously, feeling that there was a trap hidden in this sentence, and cautiously refused to answer.She didn't answer, and most of the good people jumped out and answered: "Is there a need to ask this question? Of course I can't choose. If I could choose, I would definitely choose a rich and powerful family, why would I be a painter from a poor family. "

"Miss, I'm afraid you don't know, but anyone who loves art will have some small debts on them. If they can choose their origin, they will definitely become nobles without worrying about their livelihood!"

A writer who was concerned about the country and the people sighed and said, "If one could choose one's background, there wouldn't be so many poor people who died in vain. I was passing through a poor area yesterday and saw with my own eyes that a canopy fell down and killed a A three-year-old child, blood splattered all over the ground but no one helped to collect the body, and the faces of the people around him were numb, as if they were used to it... oh, poor..."

What he said made the atmosphere a bit heavy, and Audrey listened to their discussion, touched the question several times, and finally confirmed that there were no logical loopholes in it, and immediately replied aggressively: "Of course you can't choose, but you can choose." Your own way of life. You are holding that newspaper just to prove that I am wrong. It is ridiculous. Are you trying to say that those ballerinas can’t choose their parentage? Excuse me, does being raised count as parentage? Isn’t it their own choice? your life path? Don't try to change the subject!"

Audrey's remarks sound reasonable, but she is no longer as appealing as she was at the beginning. The people around listened to it after hearing it, and were not aroused by her passionate words. Instead, they felt that she had no sympathy. Why don't you mourn the death of a child in a slum area first.

Bai Lanzhi said calmly: "I didn't intend to change the subject." She suddenly turned around and faced everyone present, "To tell you the truth, I come from a humble background, so I am not qualified to stand with you. What does a slum area look like?" , I know better than anyone, because I lived there before. At that time, I was a little beggar without parents, sleeping with the rats in the stinky gutter, and I might be crushed by the collapsed house someday Died. Everyone knows that fate cannot be disobeyed, and the orders of the powerful are the same, so when I was sent to the Duke's manor to become a female favorite, I had no choice but to accept it."

The word "female pet" sounded, and the buzzing discussion sounded.Some sighed, some despised, and some looked back and forth at Bai Lanzhi with malicious intent.

If not long ago, Bai Lanzhi would have been ashamed and annoyed when these people glanced at them with their naked eyes, but now she looks back openly, staring at them without blinking, and staring at those people. He stared until his face was blushing to the point of bleeding, and then he looked away.

She continued: "I don't know when I was born, and I don't know how old I am this year, but I have been in the Duke's Manor for 15 years and have been studying hard. I am excellent in ballet, vocal music, riding and archery, and mathematics. I have tried my best to live a better life within my ability, may I ask, what is wrong with me? Just because of my status as a female pet, do you want to erase all my efforts?"

She deliberately used the crying technique taught by the godmother of the manor, but instead of crying directly, she suppressed it in her throat, and when the last word was about to fall, she accidentally let out a slight sob.Hearing this, many people were shocked, and actually felt sorry for her from the bottom of their hearts.

"As we all know, the Women's Manifesto speaks for women, but in Audrey's Manifesto, I can't see that she is speaking for women. Every word and every sentence she said is making women's status even stronger. low!"

"Here, I also want to expose a reality that everyone knows but no one has revealed, that is why prostitutes exist. Have you ever thought about whether they are really at fault? Now there are prostitutes in the slums. The alleys are all a kiln, but do they live a so-called rich life by selling their bodies? There, I don't even see women over 40. Young girls are either syphilis-ridden, eyes open, etc. die, or pick up guests while feeding the baby. I would like to ask, are all sane women willing to live such a life? It’s not that they don’t want to work, but they don’t have the opportunity to work at all.”

Someone couldn't help but interjected, "Why don't you become a seamstress..." After the words fell, he shut his mouth angrily, because another name of a seamstress was "reserve prostitute".

Men, especially rich men, are extremely sympathetic, otherwise how could the story of "La Traviata" be widely circulated.If these prostitutes are alive and well, counting money with a smile every day, they will naturally not feel sympathy; but these prostitutes are all miserable life experiences, and their lives are not long, so it is difficult for them to restrain the raging pity in their hearts.

What's more, what Bai Lanzhi said is right. If one could choose one's origin, those despised prostitutes would not want to be noble girls like vases. Accusing them of not loving themselves is like accusing a beggar of eating without a knife and fork!

Odell pursed her lips tightly, eagerly searching for the loopholes in this passage, and suddenly had an idea, and loudly refuted: "You are changing concepts secretly! I didn't accuse these poor whores at all, what I said was Those ballerinas..."

Before she finished speaking, a gentleman who was once her fan looked at her with a condemnation on his face, and his tone was already a little harsh: "Ms. Odell, are ballerinas more noble than those girls? Their fate is the same. Now the ballet industry in Paris is in a downturn. If they don’t find a nobleman to cling to, their survival may be a problem. I heard that several dancers have packed up their things and returned to the countryside. They couldn’t find a living in the big cities. How can I live in the countryside? As long as I think about their future, I feel heartache, maybe their future will be the same as those girls..."

Hearing these words, some nobles who just broke up with those ballerinas the day before yesterday showed regret, and some were ashamed, feeling that they had pushed those girls to an early death.

Some noble ladies who have never set foot in the slums are already wiping their tears. They have never thought that the fate of those women is so low and pitiful, it is as mediocre and fragile as weeds.While being sentimental, I can't help being somewhat superior and thankful. Fortunately, they were born noble, so they don't have to suffer from poverty, let alone sell their souls for food and clothing.

Of course, the source of misleading them was still Audrey.

It was all to blame for Odell, she was favored by the heavens, and it was fine that she had never suffered any pain, but instead she scolded those women who were not loved by fate.No wonder Bai Lanzhi said that her every word, every sentence, is making women's status even lower.It was true, they were all misled by Odile, and almost became the executioners who pushed those women into the abyss!

A series of angry, condemning, or questioning eyes casted on Odell, piercing her with bruises all over her body.She couldn't help stepping back, shaking her head again and again, no, no, that's not the case!That's not what her manifesto meant, but it was like being pushed into a mud pit, and the stains stuck to her body couldn't be shaken off no matter what.

Her eye sockets became moist again. Was it the feeling of being so slandered that she couldn't explain it?She really didn't mean that!

Bai Lanzhi said calmly: "Ms. Odell, this is only the first paragraph of your manifesto. There are still many contradictions in the following paragraphs. Shall I explain them one by one?"